A strong second quarter lifted Aberdeen Christian to victory on Tuesday night as the Knights held off Northwestern 67-57 in a Region 1B boys’ basketball tournament contest at the Aberdeen Civic Arena.
The Knights used a 23-6 second-quarter outburst to pull away from a four-point opening-quarter lead.
“The second quarter was obviously the best quarter; I would even say the whole first half,” said Christian coach Aaron Moeller. “We held them to 18 in that first half and, of course, that’s our goal, under 10 a quarter, and we did that.”
A dozen of Christian’s 23 points in the quarter came from senior Joey Johnson, who cashed in on four 3-pointers.
“I think their strategy was just to kind of let me shoot, and usually it works, but for some reason tonight I was making them, so that was good,” Johnson said. “Once I hit a few I was like, ah I’ll just keep going until I miss.”
Meanwhile, the Knights stifled the Wildcats, limiting the visitors to just six 
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